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tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63. Ðonne God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.

to trustconfideto be true to a person to prove one's self trueclear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct

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Gif hé hine triéwian wille, ðæt hé tó ðære lǽne fácn ne wiste, ðæt hé mót, 19; Th. i. 74, 7. [þenne he þe treoweðe alre best, þenne beswikes tu heom, Laym. 3413. Him ꝥ ha treoweð on, Kath. 1327, note. þeo luue . . . þu treowest hire, Misc. 94, 42.

Linked entry: trýwian

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;f.

A tuniccoat

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Ðá sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, and eft hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ða ðe hié tó gehéton, ðæt hé ealles búton árunge tó Róme ne com (the Latin seems to have been misunderstood, it is: Senatus sagurn, hoc est, vestern moeroris

Linked entry: tunice

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (waruþ, waraþ, wareþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.

A shorestrand

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Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearoð (-od, MS.) nec nova littora viderat hospes, 8, 30. Weroþ, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 13. Ðǽr (at the Red Sea ) wǽron ða wareðas dríge, Ps. Th. 105, 9. Ofer waroða geweorp, Andr. Kmbl. 611 ; An. 306.

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beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Heora neb beátan mid flintum, 11, 99. ¶ to beat with the feet, to tread:-- Beáteþ quatit (ungula campum ), An. Ox. 16. where the place of the blow is given:-- Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne Gr.

ge-wrixl

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Þæs gewrixle ( vicem ) begytað gebindende and eft onlýsende þá þe nymað þá stówe þæs hálgan reccendómes, Gr.

on-findan

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Nán man ne mihte onfindan ꝥ heó wæs fǽmne, Shrn. 31, 11. to suffer, feel pain, discomfort, &c. Hé onfindeþ swile and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde, Lch. ii. 174, 22.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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berþ Petrus ðæt hiw oððe getácnunge ðære hálgan gelaþunge Peter is now the figure or symbol of the holy church, 390, 14: 406, 11. Weorþeþ sunne on blódes hiw the sun shall become the colour of blood, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 15; Cri. 936.

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Ne mæg ðé deófol sceþþan inne ne úte the devil cannot harm thee in-doors nor out, L. M. 3, 58; Lchdm. 342, 15. Síe se drenc ðǽr inne ðǽr se seóca man inne síe let the drink be in the same place that the sick man is in, 3, 64; Lchdm. ii. 352, 15.

Linked entry: innian

ge-bígan

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Se bisceop ne mihte gebígan his spraec tó Nordhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe, Hml.

ge-rihtan

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Gif hé þurh ðá swingella ne bið geriht si nec correxit opera sua, R. Ben. 52, 8. (2 α) used intransitively for reflexive :-- Gif hé þurh þreále nele gerihtan, R. Ben. 126, 5. to rebuke Mi ðý gerihte (-rihðe, L. ) cum corriperetur, Lk.

ge-tríwan

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Gif hé (one to whom property had been entrusted, and who had lost it) gewitnesse hæbbe, and hé (the owner of the property) him (the loser) ne getriéwe, swerige hé (the loser) þonne (cf. Ex. 22, 10-11), Ll.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Ðá gesægdon Rómáne Bryttum ꝥ hí ne mihton for heora gescyldnysse swá gewinnfullicum fyrdum swencte beón, Bd. I. 12; Sch. 33, 17. an army Ferd exercitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 41.

ge-mǽne

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Ne sig þé and þisum ryhtwýsan men nán þyng gemǽne let there be nothing between you and this righteous man; nihil tibi et justo illi (Mt. 27, 19), Nic. 3, ll. Wæs unefen racu unc gemǽne Cri. 1460.

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Th. 24, 22; Cri. 388. glory, majesty, magnificence, greatness, grandeur Mín þrym is from eastewearde middangearde óþ ðæt westanweardne majestas mea peruenit ab occidente usque in orientem, Nar. 25, 24.

Linked entry: þrym

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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convey such an idea, it becomes equivalent to very, very much, exceedingly, and the like. where there is the idea of pain, trouble, etc. where the idea of manner is more prominent Þearle ys mé ðá, heorte ys onhǽted matters go hardly with me now,

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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Ða wágas wǽron gyldne mid gyldnum þelum ánæglede fingres þicce auratos parietes laminarum digitalium grossitudine, Nar. 4, 26

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Næs nán máre unrǽd geréd (-rǽd, v. l. ) þonne së wæs, 1016 ; P. 151, 4. Mid ús is gerǽd ꝥ hé sylle . v. sustras huniges tó gafole, Ll. Th. i. 436, l.

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Ic ofslóg húses hyrdas, 1666. the subject a thing: Ne bið sond wið micelne ren manna ǽngum húses hyrde, Met. 7, 22. non-material: þonne se weard (conscience) swefeð, sawele hyrde, B. 1742. in phrases denoting the Deity Leóhtes hyrde, Az. 121: Hy. 4

mid

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Add Henna gelíce þám þe mid ús ( apud nos ) beóð reádes híwes, Nar. 34, 1. Þone Hǽlend þe becóm tó mannum mid Iúdéiscum folce, Hml. S. 24, 89. Mid weálandum, Gen. 2706. Add Gestód Róme*-*burg xii winter mid miclum welum, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 6.